What
is sacrifice?
________
Dictionary;
an
act of offering to a deity something precious.
destruction
or surrender of something for the sake of something else.
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We
are to sacrifice our bodies to God.
Jesus
sacrificed himself for our sins.
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Psalm
51;17
The sacrifices
God desires are a humble spirit— O God, a humble and repentant heart you will
not reject.
Proverbs
21;3
To
do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Matthew
9;13
Go
and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’
For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
1
John 2;2
He
is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but
also for the sins of the whole world.
Exodus
5;3
And
they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go a three-day
journey into the desert so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our
God, so that he does not strike us with plague or the sword.”
Exodus
8;28
Pharaoh
said, “I will release you so that you may sacrifice to the Lord
your God in the desert. Only you must not go very far. Do pray for me.”
Exodus
22;20
“Whoever
sacrifices to a god other than the Lord alone must be utterly
destroyed.
Romans
12;1
[ Consecration
of the Believer’s Life ] Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by
the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—alive,
holy, and pleasing to God—which is your reasonable service.
1
John 2;2
and
he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only
for our sins but also for the whole world.
1
John 4;10
In
this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son
to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Mark
12;33
“And
to love Him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your
strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more
important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Romans
11;1
[ Consecration
of the Believer’s Life ] Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by
the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—alive,
holy, and pleasing to God—which is your reasonable service.
Exodus
8;25
Then
Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your
God within the land.”
Exodus
8;27
We
must go on a three-day journey into the desert and sacrifice to
the Lord our God, just as he is telling us.”
Exodus
22;20
“Whoever
sacrifices to a god other than the Lord alone must be
utterly destroyed.
Psalm
54;6
With
a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you! I will give thanks
to your name, O Lord, for it is good!
Proverbs
15;8
The
Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the
upright pleases him.
Matthew
9;13
Go
and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’
For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Acts
21;26
26
Then Paul took the men the next day, and after he had purified himself along
with them, he went to the temple and gave notice of the completion of the days
of purification, when the sacrifice would be offered for each of
them.
Hebrews
9;26
for
then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the
world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to
put away sin by his sacrifice.
Hebrews
10;1
[ Concluding
Exposition: Old and New Sacrifices Contrasted ] For the law
possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and
is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered
continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship.
1
Peter 2;5
you
yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy
priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable
to God through Jesus Christ.
1
John 2;2
He
is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but
also for the sins of the whole world.
1
John 4;10
This
is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an
atoning sacrifice for our sins.